Front End Loader
Heavy earthmoving equipment with a very large scoop bucket to scoop up or pick-up earth, materials, or large things on a jobsite too large for humans to pick-up.
Gypsum Board
Interior wall panels of gypsum core between paper, also called drywall or plasterboard.
Heat Pump
Device that uses refrigeration cycle to heat or cool a building by passing air or water over condensing coils or evaporating coils.
Heat PumpAdvantage -You can Heat & Cool with the same unitDisadvantage – is not good in all climates
Compressor Air Handler
InsulationInsulation helps to keep cold or hot air in or
out of a building. It can be enclosed within the walls, or exterior foam panels. It is made either as loose fill or packed tightly called batt. It is made of foam, fiberglass or rigid board.
Loose Fill Batt insulation
Rigid Board (2 size)
StyrofoamPanel Foam
Foam Insulation for small home jobs.
LintelCarry the load of a wall across a door or window
opening. Can be a beam, L-channel, or very long stone.
Steel Lintel
Mortar
Substance consisting of cement material, fine aggregate and water. It is used to join masonry units together.
3/8” Extruded Mortar Joint on an Office building(is NOT tooled nor troweled) possibly type M mortar
3/8” Tooled Concave Mortar Joint on an Church building
possibly type M mortar
Oriented Strand Board
OSB is a nonveneered building material comes in panels (typ. Size 4’ x 8’. Made with long pieces of wood fibers in specific directions and bonded together under pressure.
OSB PlywoodAt my service learning project jobsite
Plumbing
ME
Drop in Kitchen Sink
My plumbing (oh my )Water closet 3” drain pipe
½” typically rubber flexible water supply line (this case ¼” bendable pipe)
Lavatory 1 ½” Shower StallVTR (plumbing roof vent) is to remove combustable
sewage gases
Plywood
A wood panel composed of an odd number of layers of wood veneer bonded together under pressure.
Veneer is a thin layer, sheet or facing.
Look at all the choices you have at Lowes
Radiant Barrier
Reflective foil placed adjacent to an airspace in roof or wall to keep infrared energy from passing through it.
(couldn’t find it installed, but here it is at Lowes where you can buy it in rolls)
RebarSteel reinforcing bars put into concrete or masonry to make it stronger and able to better
handle compression loads. The deformations rolled into the surface of a reinforcing bar helps it to bond tightly to concrete. Approx. size #6 - ¾”
Rebar
Steep Roof Drainage
Gutter
DownSpout
DownSpout
Gutter – A channel that collects rainwater and snowmelt at the eave of a roof.Downspout – Vertical pipe for conducting water from a roof to a lower level.Splash block – precast block of concrete or plastic used to divert water at the bottom of the downspout.
Steep Roof Materials
Underlayment – layer of waterproof materials (felt paper) between roof sheathing & roofing material.
Shingle is a water-resistant roofing material, overlapped, nailed to form a layering cover for a sloping roof.
Metal roofs are typically made of galvanized or aluminized steel.
Clay Tile RoofNot sureWhat thisOne isBut like it
MaybeConcrete formOr shingle?
Clay Tile Roof
Metal Panel Roof
Steep Roof Shapes
Polynesian RoofHip Roof
Hip Roof
Hip Roof
Shed roofSection
Gable roofSection
Mansard Roof
Steep Roof TermsRake
Ridge
Eave Fascia
Soffit
valley Hip
Ridge – level intersection of two roof sectionsHip – diagonal intersection of planes of a hip roofValley – trough formed by the intersection of two roof slopesEave – horizontal edge at the low side of a sloping roofRake - sloping edge of a steep roofSoffit – under side of a roof overhangFascia – exposed vertical face of an eave
Stone
RandomRubble
CoursedAshlar
RandomAshlar
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Vapor Retarder
Layers of material to obstruct the passage of water vapor through to the building. Vapor Retarder
Waterproofing
Water proofing comes in a variety of chooses.
Weep Holes
Small opening whose purpose is to allow water to drain an not accumulate inside of the building’s walls.
Weep Holes
Welded Wire Mesh
Grid of steel rods welded together. It is used to reinforce concrete slabs or sidewalks.
4” x 4”Grid
Windows
Fixed
S ide lights
Awning P ivo ts on
ax is nea r top
Double hung - 2 overlapping sashes slide verticallySingle hung – only lower slides vertically
Fixedimmovable
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